Mahabharata 7.191.64 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 191, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

यमौ च भीमसेनश्ष प्राक्रोशंस्ते धनंजयम्‌ । अभिद्रवार्जुन क्षिप्रं कुरून्‌ द्रोणादपानुद

Transliteration

yamau ca bhīmasenaś ca prākrośaṁs te dhanañjayam | abhidrava arjuna kṣipraṁ kurūn droṇād apānuda ||

Translation

నకులుడు, సహదేవుడు మరియు భీమసేనుడు ధనంజయుడైన అర్జునుని గట్టిగా పిలిచి—“అర్జునా! వెంటనే దూసుకుపో; ద్రోణుని దగ్గర నుండి ఈ కౌరవులను తరిమివేయి” అని అన్నారు.

Word by Word

• यमौ: the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)
• यमौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राक्रोशन्: shouted / cried out
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + क्रुश् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धनंजयम्: Dhananjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिद्रव: run towards! / charge!
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + द्रु (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular

• अर्जुन: O Arjuna
• अर्जुन: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• कुरून्: the Kurus (Kauravas)
• कुरून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• द्रोणात्: from Drona
• द्रोणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अपानुद: drive away / repel
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + नुद् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Kurus/Kauravas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In a battlefield crisis, righteous leadership requires timely, decisive action to protect one’s side from imminent danger; delay can allow a powerful adversary to cause greater harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula and Sahadeva (the twins) and Bhīma urgently shout to Arjuna to charge and repel the Kaurava forces operating under/near Droṇa’s command, indicating the pressure created by Droṇa’s effectiveness in battle.